Supreme Court Quotes - Page 13

• I've argued in front of the Supreme Court of the United States. I've argued in almost every circuit. And I tried, as a personal lawyer and U.S. attorney, over 50 cases.

  Rudy Giuliani

  United States, Lawyer, Cases

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We got the Supreme Court, we pressured the Supreme Court into supporting women's rights to choose.

  Jill Stein

  Rights, Court, Supreme

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• I am very proud of our Supreme Court - it is one of the best worldwide. Nevertheless, since the 1990s, we have seen a certain imbalance in the relationship between the judiciary, the parliament and the government. The Supreme Court behaved in an activist way. We have to debate the degree to which such Supreme Court activism is appropriate.

  Ayelet Shaked

  Government, Proud, Imbalance

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Numbers, Justice, Accountability

  "Dershowitz: Torture could be justified". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. March 4, 2003.

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• It's going to mean four or five justices, super liberal, placed on the Supreme Court. Our country will never, ever be the same.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Mean, Justice

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We've gone down a road to which we don't have the answers for. That's why we have the schizophrenic decisions coming out of the Supreme Court that don't balance logically with one versus another decision.

  Tom Coburn

  Decision, Balance, Gone

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

  Colin Powell

  Two, Issues, People

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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• Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our civil rights and our individual liberties.

  Frank Lautenberg

  Rights, Law, Liberty

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We depend on the Supreme Court to uphold the integrity of our government.

  Frank Lautenberg

  Integrity, Government, Court

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I'm convinced that our duty to provide advice and consent for justices of the Supreme Court is our most important constitutional responsibility.

  Frank Lautenberg

  Responsibility, Justice, Advice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The real debate is we've had an activist court, and the American people don't want an activist court. And the real fear from those who might oppose Samuel Alito is that he'll bring the court back within a realm where the American people might want us to be with a Supreme Court; one that interprets the law, equal justice under the law, but not advancing without us advancing, the legislative body advancing, ahead of him.

  Tom Coburn

  Real, Law, People

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has been a pioneer, and her dedicated service on the Supreme Court will never be forgotten. And the people of the country certainly owe her a great debt for the service that she has provided.

  Samuel Alito

  Country, People, Justice

  Opening Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 9 January 2006

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• It's why we oppose Citizens United from that right-wing Supreme Court. In 2012, I also said the Tea Party "acted like terrorists" and called a donut shop manager in Milwaukee who wanted lower taxes a "smartass." And I said the number one issue is a three-letter word, J-O-B-S." I'm proud of who I am.

  Joe Biden

  Party, Who I Am, Wings

  "Chris Wallace Interviews Joe Biden: A Retrospective". Interview with Chris Wallace, spectator.org. October 22, 2015.

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• Don't count out Marian Wright Edelman, because there is talk that President Clinton may want to shock the nation by putting a real black on the Supreme Court.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Real, Black, President

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• A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good old days.

  George W. Bush

  Approval Rating, Years, President

  "Straight Outta Congress: bustin' rhymes with MC Rove" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2007.

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• Reversal by a higher court is not proof that justice is thereby better done. There is no doubt that if there were a super-Supreme Court, a substantial proportion of our reversals of state courts would also be reversed. We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Justice, Doubt, Finals

  Brown v. Allen (concurring opinion) (1953)

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• Intriguingly, in poll after poll, when Americans are asked what public institutions they most respect, three bodies are always at the top of their list: the Supreme Court, the armed forces, and the Federal Reserve System. All three have one thing in common: they are insulated from the public pressures and operate undemocratically. It would seem that Americans admire these institutions, precisely because they lead rather than follow.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Three, Body, Pressure

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• Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on The West Wing , let alone to be a real one.

  Ann Coulter

  Real, Play, Wings

  " "This is what 'Advice and Consent' means" by nn Coulter, www.anncoulter.com. October 5, 2005.

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• If I look at the definition of Hinduism, the Supreme Court of India has given a beautiful definition; it says that Hinduism is not a religion, it is actually a way of life.

  Narendra Modi

  Beautiful, India, Looks

  "Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies'". Interview with Nancy Gibbs, Zoher Abdoolcarim, Nikhil Kumar, time.com. May 7, 2015.

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• Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified.

  Kay Bailey Hutchison

  United States, Unqualified, Fields

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. October 23, 2005.

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• I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives by liberals. Liberals are shockingly quick to demean and dismiss brilliant black people like Rice, Carson, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Professor Walter E. Williams and economist Thomas Sowell because they don't fit into the role they have carved out for a black person in America. Black Americans must be obedient liberals on all things or risk being called a race traitor or an Uncle Tom.

  Juan Williams

  Education, Uncles, America

  "Rutgers rage against Rice -- why do liberals have so much hate for black conservatives?" by Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. March 9, 2014.

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• Over the past few years, the Supreme Court was six times more likely to accept cases from an elite group of 66 lawyers than it was from more than 99 percent of those who petitioned the court. That's the finding of a recent Reuters special report called "The Echo Chamber." It illustrates how almost half the appeals accepted by the court over a nine-year period came from this cadre of elite lawyers--many of whom have personal connections to the nine justices.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Past, Years, Echoes

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• I think men get nervous when women start counting the number of female senators, and whites become edgy when they hear the next Supreme Court seat will probably go to a Latino. This isn't always because they object to sharing the spoils, by the way; it just reminds us that the melting pot may not be working, and we haven't yet achieved the ambiguous national dream of becoming a nation of indistinguishable beige atheists.

  Dahlia Lithwick

  Dream, Atheist, Men

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• While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Art, World, Form

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• Yesterday, the Supreme Court spent over an hour listening to arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional. Yeah, listening to arguments about Obamacare for an hour, or as most people call that, 'Thanksgiving Dinner.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Obamacare, Yesterday, People

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